Peat Moss Mask!

By Bridget Hudzik, Beauty Guru

Give your skin a beautiful rosey glow without shoveling tons of snow!

(Ooh that rhymed)

 

100% natural Organic Irish peat is the main ingredient in ÓGRA Skincare Peat Face and Body Mask.

Peat re-establishes the PH balance of the skin and encourages blood flow through a tingling sensation, and appears slightly flushed.

(This is a perfectly normal experience as the science of an ion exchange is taking place and the bloodflow is increased on the surface of skin.)

Leave it on for 10 minutes, wash off with warm water - just remember to avoid your eye and lip area.

 

The peat is harvested from Raised Bogs which are available only in the center of Ireland.

These bogs have evolved since the melting of the Ice age and the peat on them is produced through precipitation only.

Peat is the material that is formed when plant remains partially decompose, kinda like the organic soil layer found immediately below the vegetation layer of a bog.

 

The layer contains 90% water and the remainder is dry matter. Due to the existence of an anaerobic condition on the bog, plant remains only partially de-compose. Creepy fact: the natural goodness that exists within the bogs vegetation also acts as a preservation substance.

 

In recent years, bodies hundreds of years old have been found in bogs, preserved well because of its scientific properties. The use of peat in beauty products began during the Roman Empire because of its rejuvenating benefits that come from the abundance of essential oils, humic acids, and lipoids contained within.

Stay sun kissed with this lotion, year round

By Bridget Hudzik, Beauty Guru

Summer is technically not over just yet, but as far as we're concerned - it is! Check out these three body lotions to keep you summer all year long:
A Shecky's 2011 Beauty At Its Best Winner, Sue Devitt Microquatic Tinted Body Moisturizer will give you beautiful sun-kissed color along with Aloe Extract, Orchid Extract and the seductive, delicate scent of Frangipani flowers. It also contains Sue Devitt's Signature Microquatic Complex of hydrating ingredients that deliver moisture, vitamins, minerals and anti-aging benefits to the skin. The luxurious, sheer formula blends evenly for skin that looks great with a healthy, bronzed glow.
Mario Badescu's Honey Moisturizer is greaseless, absorbent, and suitable for dry, combination, and sensitive skin types. With botanical ingredients like antioxidant Peanut Oil, Orange and Honey Extract, this product is satisfingly nourishing and moisturizing, leaving skin soft and smooth. After cleansing and toning, apply daily all over face, avoiding eye area.
Yves Rocher's Citrus Flower Body Lotion is enriched with nourishing Sesame oil and softening Cornflower water, to surround you in the lavish scent of citrus flower. Its creamy texture quickly mosturizes and leaves your skin velvety-soft and delicately scented. This non-greasy lotion goes on smooth, giving your skin a dewy glow, and features a light orange blossom scent.
From summer days to nights, keeping you bronzed a beautiful, Glam Spot NJ is here to help! Keep that summer glow and come on in for a transition that's perfect for you!

Wax On, Wax Off

By Bridget Hudzik, Beauty Guru

On occasion, or always, we want it Completely Bare. Yes, the nether region jungle-free. Not everyone is willing to show it all to a professional, so Completely Bare has the next best thing in home waxing kits. The Salon Quality Bikini & Body Wax Kit contains low temperature wax designed to remove the deep and coarse hairs. The results leave you with smoother skin, less redness and irritation, and minimized bumps. Kit includes: Salon quality strip wax [7 oz (200 g)]; 10 non-woven strips; 5 applicators; gloves; no mess mat; 2 completely off towelettes. They even have jewels made especially for that area so you can style it up after you've calmed it down. Completely Bare also offers a spray for use both pre and post hair removal, to cool, soothe and numb your skin. And after it's all over, make it never grow back with their Don't Grow There body moisturizer and hair inhibitor cream. Proven results after using 2 times a day for 28 days. Just as long as our in-between cycle...

Boots Olive Wonderbalm

Posted by Bridget Hudzik, Beauty Guru

London is such a beautiful rainy place. I studied abroad there for a winter semester and had a super fantastic time.  Being the beauty freak that I am, I had to check out their scene and what was popular. The must-have brand, Boots, was what we all reached for since it was perfect for a college student budget and the products performed as-promised.

You can bet I was completely overjoyed when Boots finally walked on water over to the US. 

With this ever-changing weather, my skin thirsts for nourishment and Boots Olive Wonderbalm really helps. With just one overnight application to my dry, cracked heels, slipped on some socks and woke up the next morning to smooth, healthy feet. Even the leftover from my foot application that made it to my elbows made a huge difference.

I wish I had had found this stuff earlier in the winter when other body parts also needed some love.